Killes v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Frater, J., entered January 15, 1916, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee in falling from a scaffold.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, C. J.
Appeal from a judgment in favor of respondent upon verdict in his favor. The action was brought under the Federal employers’ liability act, and the first question to be determined is whether or not respondent was, at the time of his injury, engaged in interstate commerce and, therefore, within the act. If he was not so engaged, then this action must fail.
Respondent was employed by appellant as a laborer. On the day in question, he was directed to go down to appellant’s *417freight shed, in which interstate commerce was handled, and paint or whitewash the ceiling of the shed. For this purpose a…
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